Historic Name

45 Birch Ave

Address

45 Birch Ave

Tax Parcel

1114_6902_21

Historic District

Witherspoon-Jackson Historic District

Classification

Contributing

Number of Resources

1

Style

Other

Number of Stories

2

Material

Aluminum

Historic Function

Domestic

Current Function

Domestic

Last Entry Update

2/21/2020

Setting

Description

The house is a 2-story vernacular building facing south to Birch Avenue. It has a front end gabled orientation; the roof is clad with asphalt shingles and features a small brick chimney near the center of the ridge and aluminum eaves. The frame walls are clad with aluminum siding. Windows are 6x6 double hung sash units, some of which appear to be historic but others replacement. Most windows feature inoperable shutters. The house has two bays on the south and east elevations; the west elevation has two small windows on the second floor only. A full- length front porch extends along the south elevation; it has a hipped roof clad with asphalt shingles. The entrance is located near the southwest corner of the enclosed porch; it has a single 1x1 window to the west and four to the east. A set of concrete steps leads down from the porch to the grade of the front lawn. The house has a concrete foundation.

Built

1925

Architect

Builder

History

The house was constructed c. 1925. Historic maps indicate that the property was vacant as late as the Sanborn atlas of 1918. The first indication of the house is the historic aerial of 1940, which shows the building (as do all subsequent historic aerials). Note: the historic atlas of 1930 does not document houses along Birch Avenue.

Sources

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2015 Photo
45 Birch Avenue, south and east elevations

2015 Photo
45 Birch Avenue, south elevation

2015 Photo
45 Birch Avenue, south and west elevations